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Scientific Name | Gasteria polita Van Jaarsv. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/12 |
Assessor(s) | E.J. van Jaarsveld & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Gasteria polita is a rare, localized habitat specialist with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 166 km². It has no severe threats, and is therefore not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is only known from the vicinity of Nature's Valley in the southern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Southern Afrotemperate Forest, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in semi-exposed places in shrub forest on upper slopes of steep embankments and outcrops in Afro-temperate forest. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is protected and it has no known threats. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gasteria polita Van Jaarsv. | Rare | 2020.1 | | Gasteria polita Van Jaarsv. | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Van Jaarsveld, E. 2001. Gasteria polita van Jaarsv., a new species from the Western Cape. Cactus and Succulent Journal (USA) 73(3):127-130.
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Citation |
| van Jaarsveld, E.J. & Raimondo, D. 2017. Gasteria polita Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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